Anniversary Trip to Jackson Hole

June 27th & 28th was our 5 year anniversary. I tell Nate that we have two anniversaries because we actually were married on the 27th and our reception was on the 28th. No harm in that right? Just means double the diamonds! Just kidding! There were no diamonds this year. Instead we decided to take a trip to Jackson Hole. Neither of us had been there before and it was quite nice for just a weekend getaway. Nate and I really haven't done anything in the past for our anniversary, maybe dinner or something so this was really nice. We have never even left Hayden before either. He has spent the night at my parents house maybe a handfull of time but we are always there first thing in the morning to pick him up. We just miss him so much! And he sure missed us too! By the second night that we were away he started to get a little upset and was asking for us and his house.

So the little vacation that Nate and I went on was super nice. We didn't really know what to expect. The hotel that I booked online seemed to be nice but you really never know. When we arrived I was shocked. The hotel was alot nicer than I had imagined. It was called Best Western The Lodge. I was thinking just an average hotel it being a Best Western and all but we were surprised! I totally recommend that place so if any of you ever plan a trip there you will have to stay there.Once we arrived I had no idea what we were going to do. I had a few ideas again from looking on line but nothing was set in stone. My Parents had been there so they gave us a few pointers too. The first day there we shopped and hung out in the Town Square. We ended up hanging out at The Cowboy Bar that evening for their live band. Boy was that intersting! The band was really good but the people in the bar was what was entertaining us!

The next morning we went to Teton Village and rode the Gondola to the top of the mountain where we watched people as they went paracelling. Nate and I dared each other to do that but neither of us took the dare! While hanging out up there we started talking to two little old ladies from Lehi, UT. They told us they go there every year. They asked if we had been to Jenny Lake to the Hidden Falls. I had never heard of that until they told us. They don't list anything like that on line at least where I was looking. They told us that we just have to go see the falls before we go. So Nate and I headed back down the mountain and went back to the Hotel to find out more information on this Jenny Lake place. We finally arrived at the lake and we could either take a boat ride across the lake and from there hike up about a 1/2 mile to the falls or you could hike around the lake about 2 1/2 miles. We decided to walk to the falls and get a boat ride back. The hike was nice but hot. We really didn't go prepared to do things like that. But I at least packed the right shoes just in case but I was thinking I would have needed them for when my feet hurt from shopping not hiking! When we reached the Hidden Falls it was beautiful!! Just amazing to see all of the water rushing down so quickly. We seemed so close to it with the mist that we were feeling from it. That made our entire trip!

We arrived back to our hotel and decided to shop a little bit more and grab a quick bite to eat. The shopping was cut real short and we ordered a pizza and went back to the hotel to eat it. We were tired and hot from the hiking we did earlier. We ate pizza and watched TV the rest of the night. By the next morning we couldn't wait to get home to see Hayden so we got up and went straight home. No stops!

All in all our weekend getaway together turned out great! Happy Anniversary Babe!! And many more to come!

Town Square in JH
Nate taking a break while shopping
Saddle Up! Hanging out at The Cowboy Bar

The bar was lined with real silver dollars.
Us!! Happy 5 years!!